Bells Update

Meadowsong raised £2450 for the Bells Project.  Many thanks to all those who helped and all those who came along to support it.

This brings us to a current total of around £24,000.

This does not include money Libby has been raising by making peg bags and Catherine has been making selling homemade cakes and lemonade.  Keep it up folks!

Morning Celebration

 

 

There is a Morning Celebration this Sunday at 10am in church.  As usual the service will be informal and modern.  This month we are focusing on the story of the Wise and Foolish builders  and we will be showing the lego version as a video clip.  The little children can use musical instruments and blue scarves to act out the rain and rising waves and there will be a chance for some children to come up the front and help with a sand and rock activity!  Finally we have a quiz for the adults and older children.

Meadowsong

Helpers Needed

Helpers and leaders are needed for a new after school Church club starting in Cuddington in January on Thursdays at 3.15.  If you would like more information or can help, please contact Sonia.storey1@btinternet.com or ring 01844 291883.

Shack Attack Photos

Follow this link to find out how Shack Attack went.

Shack Attack - Update

Well Shack Attack is nearly here and the weather is looking very promising!  Please come along to the fields of Long Meadow house in Dark Lane any time after 3pm on Saturday.  Build a shack and sleep in it overnight or just come along to enjoy the merriment, BBQ and bonfire. 

Shacks
Please bring along any scavenged materials you can find at home, tarpaulins, old doors, ropes, pipes etc.  Then attempt to build a shelter to sleep in overnight.  You are welcome to pitch a tent for backup or for the softies in your party!  Please take all materials home with you the next day.

Timetable
Saturday
3pm                All kicks off, start building your shacks and pitching tents
4pm                Unfair Funfair opens
5-8pm             BBQ available, sausages in rolls, jacket potatoes with cheese and beans, salad, cakes
6pm - late       Bonfire (bring some marshmallows)
Sunday
8am                Shack judging. Will yours be the most luxurious, most waterproof or most inventive?
10am              Morning Celebration informal service at St Nicholas
12 noon          Picnic Lunch back at the campsite (bring and share)

Unfair Funfair
Come along and try out our Unfair Funfair including a Blind Hoola Hoop, Tin Can Alley and Origami Challenge.  All activities are designed to raise awareness of unfair practices around the world that are contributing to world poverty.  There will also be a team water challenge involving buckets and drainpipes.  Expect to get wet!

Wanted
If you can bake some small cakes for the cake stall or bring along a salad, please let Sharon@cloverdale.biz know.  All the other BBQ food will be available to buy at cost price.

Small Print
Adults are responsible for their children at all times, especially around the bonfire.  Please take home any shack materials and rubbish.

Cars
If you would like to bring materials down by car, please can you park in the corner near the gate and not drive further in to the field.  We do not want any free range children run over and your car will be in danger of getting stuck in a rut.  Thank you.

Shack Attack

or "Chearsley Camp" with a difference!
 

Where: Long Meadow

When: 8th/9th June from 3pm

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a shanty town?  With no water, heating, toilet or washing facilities? 

Would you like to try, for 1 night and help raise awareness for those living in poverty?  Well read on.......

We challenge you to build a shack out of scavenged materials like tarpaulins, cardboard, ropes and pipes and then sleep in it for 1 night. 

In the morning, if it is still standing, we will test it with water pistols. Then there will be prizes for the most comfortable shack, the most inventive, the smartest etc.

There will be BBQ food available and a bonfire to sit around in the evening and toast marshmallows.  You are welcome to bring a tent just in case your shack does not survive the night.  Spectators are more than welcome to come and join in the BBQ and bonfire.

NOTE: we have decided not to make this a fund raising event after all as there are so many fund-raisers going on this summer. Instead we will concentrate on raising awareness and having fun!

For more information contact sharon@cloverdale.biz or ring 208740
or watch this video about H4H and their work and this video about a previous Shack Attack.